*** SEPTEMBER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST THEME - "My Hometown"***

[rdking647]

The September photo contest theme is "my hometown"
A photo that capture the spirit and essence of your hometown.
Hometown can mean the town you were born in,the town you grew up in or the town you currently live in.

Submissions will begin september 14th....

Have fun and get shooting..

[alfredo]

1. Excellent theme.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. This will be fun.

Good topic.

[Cassandra]

3. Hmmm, I'm in NYC.

To cliche or not to cliche.

[Mira]

4. I think this is a deceptively difficult topic.

It will allow all of us a stretch. Even if only in our own minds.

[Celebration]

5. I don't have a singlie archived photo

That I am happy with for this topic. :rofl:

not a great sign.................

[Mira]

6. I have some but none of them have enough "interest" to make them special

to show off my town's individuality.
So I started thinking: What are we famous for, can I show it, and can I make it interesting. And came up with an idea.

Am waiting for the rains to end so I can shoot it and see.
I am very curious about how this will play out in general.

[rdking647]

7. reminder

just a reminder
submissions start on september 14th.

[Mira]

8. I had a first - yesterday.

I went out just to shoot for this contest, thought I had a good idea, came home with lots of pictures.
I threw every single one away.

I just got back from a new attempt. Different part of town. Haven't looked yet. Wish me luck. I'm not giving up.

:rofl:

[Celebration]

9. Good luck Mira

This one is totally befuddling to me.

[Mira]

10. Thanks, I struck out again. My approach

of thinking what is my town known for, and what would be a good visual, and what would hold someone's interest for a second look, has not born fruit so far. I deleted all but 5 of today's efforts, and I would not even use any of those.

Tomorrow, or Sunday, I'm heading into yet another part of town. I even stood on a bridge tonight and took some shots of downtown at night.
It's a stretch, after which I suppose I won't return to the original dimension.
:rofl:

Some shots of past years, in my archives, are beginning to look better and better.

:)
edited to show you my efforts from the bridge, they are not worth using, but they would not have happened, and I learned a few things taking them.

[rdking647]

12. ive been playin around with cars at night

using a flash and rear curtain sync.... nothing im real happy with but its just an experiment at this stage

[ohheckyeah]

11. Wish this theme was for October.

That's when all the fall festivals happen and I love photographing them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Can it mean a town you wished you lived in?

I have a very pretty picture of an Icelandic town that I'm lovin'...


:shrug:

[Mira]

14. Should our host say yes to that...I'm home free

:rofl:

[rdking647]

15. sorry but no

it has to be your hometown,not where you wish you lived.....

[handmade34]

16. what should us homeless folks do??

:-)

[Callalily]

17. Bwahahahahhaha! n/t

[handmade34]

19. Waaa!

I did drive through the state I was born in but have no sense of "hometown" ...I'll sit this one out...


sunrise over Lake Erie (Mackinaw City)

[CC]

18. Or us town-less folk?

Though if I use one near I have at least 3 or 4 towns to choose from. Some more interesting photography wise than others.

[rdking647]

20. if you live in a rural area

using a town in your general vicinity is OK

[CC]

21. I thought that would be alright.

But decided to ask to be sure and let others see your answer. Who would of thought "My Hometown" would have so many questions and be so difficult. Now if only I could have the camera with me when I catch the horse and buggy at the McDonald's drive thru.